This week has been an exciting and busy week in the education department. On Tuesday, we traveled to Washington Elementary, met and ate lunch with the teachers, talked about what we were going to do, and then we toured the school. Then, on Thursday I got accepted into the School of Education!! I am so excited to see where this journey continues to take me as I get closer and closer to student teaching in the spring of 2018.
In class this week, we have been discussing our professional development plans and have been using the acronym SMART to help set the goals that we need in our plans. I remember when I was in middle school health class, we used SMART goals for setting goals related to our health. Now, it makes sense to use the same acronyms when setting goals about our teaching. When looking at the SMART goals, I found a website that went into detail about how to incorporate each step of the goals. It also includes time management skills, decision making skills, stress management and more which I believe can be very helpful to teachers. Here is the link: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/smart-goals.htm
I think that this will be helpful for us as future teachers because as teachers, we are to demonstrate leadership in the classroom and we must be able to create goals in order to do that so that our students can learn.
Megan,
ReplyDeleteFirst off, I want to congratulate on getting into the school of education! Working on our personal development goals will definitely prepare later in our teaching careers. I remember using SMART in my middle and high school. We even had posters made for it. I also looked at the link, it's very helpful. Thanks for sharing it to us. Good points. Again, good post.
Megan, Congratulations on getting accepted to the School of Education, that is so exciting! I agree with you that it is vital for us to create goals for ourselves just as we will expect our future students. It's such a great way for us to reflect on our growth and to teach our students to do the same.
ReplyDeleteMegan, Good info on SMART goals. Keep on learning about this. In future posts, be sure your connections to your future classroom are strong. Also, be sure you make intentional connections to the NCTCS.
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